MOSS LANDING — A horse was taken in by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sunday afternoon after deputies found an injured animal and arrested its owner for a warrant, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday.

Deputies were called to Hillcrest Road about 1 p.m. for a report of possible animal cruelty and arrived to find a horse with a large laceration to its let lower leg, cuts to its back hooves, a swollen left eye and blood coming from its nose, deputies reported.

Marco Lara, who was with the horse, said a friend had given the horse to him and that he had tied it to a tree beside a strawberry field, deputies said.

A veterinarian called to the scene stated that it appeared the horse had become tangled in the long rope and panicked, deputies said. Lara, 44, a Moss Landing field worker, had no intention of providing veterinary care, deputies said.

While being booked at Monterey County Jail, deputies realized he had given a false name and had a $5,000 warrant for his arrest, deputies said.

The horse, estimated to be 10 or 11 years old, received care at the scene and was taken into custody by the SPCA, deputies said.

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